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I am supporting a plant based whole food diet. My specific dietary suggestions will help you to increase your raw food intake without feeling you are on a rabbit food diet.
It is simple, enjoyable and very good for you.
Some people find a fruit based breakfast is not working for them and prefer to have something else in the morning. It is an individual thing and it can be adjusted according to your desire.
I suggest 3 meals a day. One fruit based, one salad and one cooked meal. If you can, eat the fruit based meal for breakfast, salad for lunch and the cooked meal for dinner. My reasoning behind this is:
The longest period we have without food is during our night sleep. Most people sleep 6-8 hours during night. We wake up with an empty stomach and it’s best not to load up the stomach with a heavy meal right away. why? Because the body is still in elimination mode and fruit is the best preparation for the day.
Eating a fruit based breakfast brings a number of benefits:
A salad based lunch is convenient at work or on the go.
When following a whole food plant based diet, it is safer to buy salads than cooked food. It is almost impossible to find cooked food without any added oil or fat in food outlets.
Salads are rich in live enzymes and prepare your body for the evening meal.
A cooked meal for dinner is practical for most people who are working or away from home during the daytime. Eating a cooked meal which contains grains, beans/lentils and protein can take more time and energy to digest.
This is why is better to eat these foods for dinner as we don’t want to become sluggish during day time. It is also better to eat in the early evening, 6-7 pm, giving ample time for the food to pass through the stomach which in turn assists proper digestion.
Dr Greger created the Daily Dozen Challenge to help more people discover how easy it is to fit some of the healthiest of healthy foods into their daily routine.
It is a public challenge to you to try to check off all the Daily Dozen servings for one day based on the Daily Dozen checklist. Then you challenge more people, and on and on, and soon lots of people will be eating healthy!
You can download the app by clicking below. Also here is the link to his website which is one of the best information storehouse for plant based diet and evidence based nutritional information. https://nutritionfacts.org/